Like weight loss before and after photos but of your new diet !

I'm especially interested in before and after meal photos (take a pic at the point you feel restriction) but it can be of recipe substitutions, your refrigerator/pantry/shopping cart/etc

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1 minute ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

I start making these tonight with a few family members! So delicious but soooooo much work!

Oh, I've been invited to a few tamale making parties. Yeah, no way! The work that goes into making them vs. the cost for good homemade ones ... I'm buying them for sure!

Just now, lvidacovich said:

Are tamales holiday related and I've somehow missed this? They look delicious!

Traditional Mexican Xmas meal (Xmas Eve specifically)

8 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Oh, I've been invited to a few tamale making parties. Yeah, no way! The work that goes into making them vs. the cost for good homemade ones ... I'm buying them for sure!

Traditional Mexican Xmas meal (Xmas Eve specifically)

Must be a west coast/SW USA thing. We have decent tamales here thanks to enough texans making their way up into OK.

11 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

I start making these tonight with a few family members! So delicious but soooooo much work!

Ummm can you make a chicken/beef/lamb/vegetarian version pretty please

And

What was your address again? We are coming over ?

1 minute ago, lvidacovich said:

Must be a west coast/SW USA thing. We have decent tamales here thanks to enough texans making their way up into OK.

Yeah, I think it is anywhere with a significant Mexican population. In my old neighborhood the BEST tamales were sold by a women in the Target parking lot. I miss those tamales! I learned on Nextdoor that there is a Tamale Lady that covers a few nearby neighborhoods, but not mine ? ?

7 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Ummm can you make a chicken/beef/lamb/vegetarian version pretty please

And

What was your address again? We are coming over ?

Cheese & Rajas for me please! ?

1 minute ago, sillykitty said:

Yeah, I think it is anywhere with a significant Mexican population. In my old neighborhood the BEST tamales were sold by a women in the Target parking lot. I miss those tamales! I learned on Nextdoor that there is a Tamale Lady that covers a few nearby neighborhoods, but not mine ? ?

Was she selling them out of a roll around cooler? Because we have one of those ladies here and I love her tamales!

Just now, lvidacovich said:

Was she selling them out of a roll around cooler? Because we have one of those ladies here and I love her tamales!

Yes! Out of the back of her minivan!

9 minutes ago, lvidacovich said:

Are tamales holiday related and I've somehow missed this? They look delicious!

Yea a lot of countries make them for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New years. Its one of the foods I look forward to during the holidays :)

6 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

Oh, I've been invited to a few tamale making parties. Yeah, no way! The work that goes into making them vs. the cost for good homemade ones ... I'm buying them for sure!

Traditional Mexican Xmas meal (Xmas Eve specifically)

Its definitely a labor of love! Although I have no energy after makings tons, I get to catch up with my family and eat good after so I try to look on the bright side lol. But Im not going to lie, the thought of buying sounds better to me. I'm just too scared to bring it up. I can already see the dirty looks! lol

Almost every Latin American country has their own tamale and within the country each region uses different ingredients. They also vary by shape and color. Mexican ones are good but some of my favorites are from South America. I have yet to try each one, there are just too many. In Peru there's like 10 different kinds and I've only tried two.

10 minutes ago, MarvelGirl25 said:

. I have yet to try each one, there are just too many.

#Goals ?

44 minutes ago, lvidacovich said:

Must be a west coast/SW USA thing. We have decent tamales here thanks to enough texans making their way up into OK.

Super common for holidays in Texas, too.

Edited November 26, 20196 yr by Orchids&Dragons

45 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

Ummm can you make a chicken/beef/lamb/vegetarian version pretty please

And

What was your address again? We are coming over ?

Coming right up!???

37 minutes ago, sillykitty said:

cheese & Rajas for me please! ?

mmmmm cheeseeee ? im getting hungry!

Let me tell y'all... churros from an old lady with a grocery shopping cart as a kiosk in 59th subway station in NYC! Best you ever had ? The 90s - we were young and reckless

Edited November 26, 20196 yr by GreenTealael

lunch at my desk. I know that meat isn’t lean but it needs to be eaten with these giant olives. No judgement. Lol And I still mentally think I can eat way more than I can. Which is a nice change from the olden days?

4 minutes ago, GreenTealael said:

The 90s - we were young and reckless

...and restless and bored. Everybody scored.

...working on those night moves, trying to lose those awkward teenage moves..

.hahahahaha Sorry, couldn't resist.

Kale Salad w/ croutons, apple, olives, carrots, eggs & plantains

Before and After